County: Meath Site name: Townparks 4
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A029/030; E3150
Author: Yvonne Whitty, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt-mound activity
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 673154m, N 774580m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.715771, -6.891744
This site was located within Contract 4 (Navan–Kells and Kells bypass) of the M3 Clonee to North of Kells motorway scheme and was identified during testing carried out by Shane Delaney (IAC Ltd) in 2004 (Excavations 2004, No. 1271, 04E0916). It was excavated between 11 and 14 December 2006 and consisted of a spread of burnt-mound material (3m by 2.5m by 0.1m). The spread of burnt-mound material ran under the western limit of excavation and the actual mound was visible outside the CPO boundary.
This work was funded by Meath County Council and the National Roads Authority.
Editor’s note: Although excavated during 2006, the report on this site arrived too late for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.
